wow that is the solution that needs a WHOLE lot more explanation. It appears that the Zimbra amavis quarantines email but that amavis-release is not included in the Zimbra install, so short of doing a whole bunch of steps that I have no clue how to do there is NO way currently to get quarantined email out of Zimbra. I see the bug enhancement request but it appears nothing has been done about that. Major short coming Network Zimbra.

I guess I will start posting questions about how to do each step below.
0. Make sure you've turned off the encrypted mail check for the anti virus.
1. Find the specific file you want to recover
2. Run formail on the file, and convert it to mbox.
3. View the message as root using mutt/pine/elm and save the attachment to your shell on the server.
4. Download the file to your computer.
5. Email the file to the intended recipient.

6. When the recipient gets the message, he'll get the message with the subject saying UNCHECKED .. but the zip file is indeed there.